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<blockquote data-quote="twofortheroad" data-source="post: 592114" data-attributes="member: 2854"><p>So here's the deal. These guys have "advisers", some since they were 14 years old. Advisers turn into agents when they sign their contract. That's why players and their families take their time to find someone they really like and trust. The guys do not sign anything with these advisers, it is an unwritten agreement that you are working with them. The amount of conversation and interaction should be minimal when it comes to games or in public. They will chat a lot via phone, the parents will chat with them via phone or text message. That's where Jonboy got in trouble with the Orioles prior to his medical showing up because his "Adviser" starting talking about him in the press and when the medical came up tried to leverage the situation in the local press - I am sure there is more to that story but that's the word on the street. That situation caused a whole lot of issues for Tech with NCAA and rest assured the Tech players understand how to present themselves publicly with their adviser.</p><p></p><p>You can always tell who is an adviser at a baseball game. Look for some mid-30's guy or event late 40's guy sitting with the parents and chatting usually in some sort of Nike, UA or Adidas gear, no team or company logos. The guy is most always alone and then that same guy will usually swing by the receiving line after a game and say hello to his prospect and will keep it very short unless they are a sure thing to go in the draft that year and it's later in the year. Then usually will have a few words with the coach. </p><p></p><p>When someone is ripe for an adviser, you will see the parents talking with quite a few of these types noted above at various summer series or late schedule HS games. Advisers keep their conversation and interaction on the field very short. All meals shared with an adviser are paid for by the player's family. There is a question on the NCAA questionnaire about your interaction with an agent and the player needs to be able to answer honestly that their interaction has been minimal. Everyone you think is a scout is usually a mixture of both. Scouts usually have backpacks and guns with them while advisers, just themselves. Not always the case but helps sort the majority of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="twofortheroad, post: 592114, member: 2854"] So here's the deal. These guys have "advisers", some since they were 14 years old. Advisers turn into agents when they sign their contract. That's why players and their families take their time to find someone they really like and trust. The guys do not sign anything with these advisers, it is an unwritten agreement that you are working with them. The amount of conversation and interaction should be minimal when it comes to games or in public. They will chat a lot via phone, the parents will chat with them via phone or text message. That's where Jonboy got in trouble with the Orioles prior to his medical showing up because his "Adviser" starting talking about him in the press and when the medical came up tried to leverage the situation in the local press - I am sure there is more to that story but that's the word on the street. That situation caused a whole lot of issues for Tech with NCAA and rest assured the Tech players understand how to present themselves publicly with their adviser. You can always tell who is an adviser at a baseball game. Look for some mid-30's guy or event late 40's guy sitting with the parents and chatting usually in some sort of Nike, UA or Adidas gear, no team or company logos. The guy is most always alone and then that same guy will usually swing by the receiving line after a game and say hello to his prospect and will keep it very short unless they are a sure thing to go in the draft that year and it's later in the year. Then usually will have a few words with the coach. When someone is ripe for an adviser, you will see the parents talking with quite a few of these types noted above at various summer series or late schedule HS games. Advisers keep their conversation and interaction on the field very short. All meals shared with an adviser are paid for by the player's family. There is a question on the NCAA questionnaire about your interaction with an agent and the player needs to be able to answer honestly that their interaction has been minimal. Everyone you think is a scout is usually a mixture of both. Scouts usually have backpacks and guns with them while advisers, just themselves. Not always the case but helps sort the majority of them. [/QUOTE]
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